Analog synth - Electribe EA 1

The_Glass_Olive · Post by **The_Glass_Olive** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:17 pm

Thinking of purchasing a Korg Electribe Ea 1 mkII synth. Anyone who has or has used one tell me if its that good? I wanna use it largely for playing live, is MIDI controller necessary or can it be used with the pads alone? Any general comments on this or suggestions of a similar synth at a similar price are welcome.
Thanx.

532nm · Post by **532nm** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:39 pm

the ea-1 is thin and aliased

although the er-1 is classic, imo

thom · Post by **thom** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:05 pm

532nm wrote: the er-1 is classic, imo

Oh yeah!! Very much banging and fun drum synth.

They're getting cheap too.

Thomas D and Jack Thomas · Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:11 am

The sounds on the EA-1 are awful, but its great as a midi controller/sequencer. The soft bigger buttons are nice and light up when pressed in "keyboard" mode so you know for sure when you hit the buttons properly. On some controllers like the UC-33, they're stiff and don't always register.